Seven Sisters star cluster has over 3,000 sibling stars, says new research

13/11/2025 8 min
Seven Sisters star cluster has over 3,000 sibling stars, says new research

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If you turned your eyes to the sky early this morning you might have seen the famous Pleiades star cluster - commonly known as the Seven Sisters.But new research out of the United States has found these Seven Sisters actually have more than 3,000 'sibling' stars.Guest: Paul Curnow, astronomy lecturer at the Adelaide Planetarium at the University of South AustraliaProducer: Brooke Young

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